Author: John Ingram Walker, MD

There are three types of guilt: Guilt that motivates us to change our behavior; guilt that punishes us just enough to allow us to keep doing those things we feel guilty

I’m 6’3″ broad shouldered, big boned, look robust, solid, but with one blow I’d crash down like a redwood hewed by an Oregon lumberjack. My friend is 5’11” thin, rather

Last month on a trip to Texas Vicki and I went to a movie with Joshua and his wife. On the way I pontificated grandly on the characteristics of a

A Spanish legend tells of a father and his son, Juan, whose strained relationship reached a breaking point. Juan ran away from home. The father after traveling around Spain in

Severe depression characterized by sleep distur­bance, changes in appetite, decreased libido, feelings of hopelessness and suicidal ideation requires medication and clinical treatment. Milder forms of depression can be handled by

Anger can be appropriate or inappropriate:  Constructive anger can strengthen relationships when utilized to correct a problem, right an injustice, or defend the innocent.  Suppressed anger can cause bitterness or

My friend is a big worrier. He worries about financial ruin. He has enough to take a three-month trip around the world for twenty years. He worries about his health.

I’m a big worrier. I don’t worry much about the future. I worry about the past. I’m a regreter, a negative ruminator—if only I had done this; I should have

What makes championship effort? David Epstein in this book The Sports Gene  wrote that success depended on chromosomes. In Outliers Malcolm Gladwell wrote that it takes 10,000 hours of practice

Lately several people have asked me to define or describe a sense of humor. A couple of other people asked me to discuss the Holy Spirit. These two topics seem

In our postmodern world, a world marked by the following: Selfish individualism that has led to conflict, family decomposition, riots, and neglect Narcissistic hedonism that has produced AIDS, 300,000 babies

How do we love God? We love God by appreciating all we have been given. We love God by loving ourselves, having faith in the power of good, doing our